LEAVE IT TO PEEVER
Swedoughs closed. Oh Crap!
-Bumper sticker of the week: If you donÕt stand for
something, youÕll fall for anything.
-Quotes of the week: ÒWhen a manÕs best friend is his
dog, that dog has a problem.Ó Ed Abbey
ÒAnimals have two functions in todayÕs society: to be
delicious and to fit well.Ó Greg
Proops
-Speaking of animals: We have always thought we are
the kings of the forest. The rest of creation should bow down before us. WeÕre
smart, imaginative, and donÕt operate out of sheer instinct. We have the
capacity to reason and think. So we thought up wars, revenge, pollution, and
political talk shows. We have invented guns, bombs, weapons of mass
destruction, and Republican national conventions. Ask a dolphin who is smarter.
-Five things Knox County Board members need to do:
1. Not run for re-election.
2. They should all sign the cast on Alan
Pickrels arm from the twisting he got for badmouthing GREDA.
3.
Do they know the meaning of going backward? Backpedaling? Not keeping
up? The Dark Ages?
4. How about a term limit, of, letÕs say,
two or three days?
5. Refer to number one.
-Shaky economy: ItÕs about time to get nervous. The
mortgage industry has gone up in a puff of false hope. The war in Iraq is
projected to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of two trillion dollars in
stupidity. And gold is soaring. Now for the bad news: Swedoughs closed. The end is
near.
-Gimme some truth:
* The war in Iraq is illegal. Bush and his
merry band of criminals should all be tried for war crimes.
* What good does it do to attempt to talk
businesses into coming to Galesburg when everyone is leaving? Our 2010
population will come in at around 28,548, which will include 2,000 prisoners at
Henry Hill. That will be the fourth decade of continuous population decline. A
stunning endorsement for our economic development people.
* Education is more than memorizing
answers to standardized tests.
* If we export all our jobs, and import
all our goods, just exactly how long will it take for us to become a third
world nation?
* Giving until it hurts is charity. Taking
until youÕre full is greed.
* Dying is easy. Living is hard.
* It is going to cost each American
citizen, thatÕs 300 million of us, $8,000 for the Iraqi War. IÕd sooner give my
$8,000 to charity.
-We have approximately 150,000 troops in Iraq. All the
money, machinery, diplomacy, all the political bullshit, doesnÕt measure up to
the misery and despair those people have been put through, for no apparent good
reason. When you make the sacrifice they are having to make, one would hope it
would be for more than the folly of several men bent on ruling the world. But I
canÕt see it any other way. Started on a lie, and continues on false
information. I am convinced this
is an oil war. If just oil were being spilled, it wouldnÕt be so sad.
-We have a short memory: It wasnÕt all that long ago,
our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents were immigrants. Everyone for the
most part came here looking for a better life. The newness of us all is barely
wiped off our foreheads. How we despise those that do so. It would be nice if
they got here legally, but for Mexico, we hardly let anyone in legally. With no
decent system in place, they flow over the border, most hired by BushÕs friends
and party affiliates. I suppose our grandparents were lucky the Native
Americans didnÕt build a wall along the coast. WeÕd all still be living on
ships. Ships of Fools.